In Glorious Times
| In Glorious Times | ||||
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| Released | May 29, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2007 Polymorph Recording, Oakland 2006 Tiny Telephone, SF | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, avant-garde metal, progressive rock, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 67:45 | |||
| Label | The End Records | |||
| Sleepytime Gorilla Museum chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| SonicFrontiers.net | (8.8/10)[2] |
In Glorious Times is the third studio album by avant-rock/metal band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. The album was released on May 29, 2007.[3]
About the album, The End Records has stated:
Rock-against-Rock pioneers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum celebrate the extremes of sonic debilitation, with this muffled cry into the dark night of the soul. Triumphantly smothered within the intricate stylings of musical evolution, the expansive world of literature and the pain and passion of one’s emotions, the Oakland, California-based band have once again imbedded themselves deep in the creative process, allowing themselves to reach new plateaus on their latest album ‘In Glorious Times.’[4]
The albums drums are performed by Matthias Bossi, who replaced previous drummer Frank Grau. As this ended up being the final album released by the band, every Sleepytime Gorilla Museum album has officially featured a different drummer, present in that capacity only for their one record.
Song information
Helpless Corpses Enactment
Prior to the album's release, the track "Helpless Corpses Enactment" was made available for download.[5] On May 22, 2007, one week before the album's release, a video for the same song was also released.[6] It was directed by Adam Feinstein.
"I've been fascinated with SGM since I first heard them five years ago. I found their music inscrutable, beautiful, and profoundly original. [...] When we started to talk about a music video, I didn't know what song I'd be asked to work on. But from Sleepytime I knew to expect music that had invented its own rules, music that would challenge a video to keep up with it. 'Corpses' didn't disappoint! None of us wanted anything like a concert film - didn't want to see mic stands, guitars, drums. Nobody really even liked the term 'music video.' We didn't want to simulate what you could see at a live show. I wanted to use the opportunity to tap the peculiar power of Sleepytime's music - to conjure up images as strange and direct as those in dreams."[7]
— - Adam Feinstein
The lyrics for "Helpless Corpses Enactment" are taken from the experimental novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Song | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Companions" | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Nils Frykdahl | 10:04 | |
| 2. | "Helpless Corpses Enactment" | James Joyce | Nils Frykdahl | 5:57 | |
| 3. | "Puppet Show" | Matthias Bossi | Matthias Bossi | 4:15 | |
| 4. | "Formicary" | Dan Rathbun | Dan Rathbun | 5:46 | |
| 5. | "Angle of Repose" | Carla Kihlstedt and Louise Bourgeois | Carla Kihlstedt | 7:53 | |
| 6. | "Ossuary" | Michael Mellender | Michael Mellender | 4:35 | |
| 7. | "The Salt Crown" | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Nils Frykdahl | 8:40 | |
| 8. | "The Only Dance" | Carla Kihlstedt and Wallace Stevens | Matthias Bossi | 4:20 | |
| 9. | "The Greenless Wreath" | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Nils Frykdahl | 6:51 | |
| 10. | "The Widening Eye" | Michael Mellender | 5:09 | ||
| 11. | "The Putrid Refrain" | 2:55 |
Personnel
The instruments listed here are as they appear in the booklet of the cd.
- Matthias Bossi: drums, piano, glockenspiel, xylophone
- Michael Iago Mellender: percussion, trumpet, guitar, Lever-action lever, Vatican, Valhalla, xylophone, toy piano, Tangularium, Electric Pancreas
- Carla Kihlstedt: violin, Percussion-guitar, bass harmonica, nyckelharpa
- Nils Frykdahl: guitar, Percussion-guitar
- Dan Rathbun: bass, Sledgehammer-dulcimer, Thing
All sing.
- Guest Voices: Dawn McCarthy (track 2), The Billy Nayer Show, Joel, Allen, Olivia (track 3), Marc "Fushler" Goodman, Ian Pelicci (track 7)
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ SonicFrontiers.net review
- ^ "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's upcoming 'In Glorious Times' now available for pre-order". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
- ^ Live footage of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum available for download
- ^ "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Helpless Corpses Enactment.mp3". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ^ Helpless Corpses Enactment video on YouTube
- ^ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum post video for 'Helpless Corpses Enactment' online
External links
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum official page
- The End Records Label
- Helpless Corpses Enactment on YouTube
- Widening Eye on YouTube
- [1] Prog Archives Review & Information